Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-02
HERE'S A.PRETTY MESS
THE CHICAGO LUNATICS HAVE REACHED
THE HEIGHT OF THEIR ABSURDITY.
A SOcialiStc Enpluys Of Mayer Harrison Says
the Democrats Will Elect the Socialist Ticket
Surs-A Slander on IriShmsR-Ths
Democrats All at Sea.

CHICAGO, Aprili 1.-The Democratic
Search Committee has given up its hunt
for candidate for Mayor, and seems to
be completely dazed by last nights
meeting.
City Treasurer Divine claimed this
morning that committee of Republicans
was ready and anxious to confer with the
Democratic committee; but the where
abOuts or identity OF this alleged commit
tee has not been diyulged.
Carter HarriSon's rule-Or-Tuin speech
last night greatly pleased the labor peo-
pie, and they are jubilant over the pros
poets it promises to the sOcislistic candi-
dates.
SOCIALISTS BLATHERING.
At meeting OF the United labor $50
cialistic) party, last night, the various can
Gidates for Office addressed large audi
ence
Matthew Schmiedinger foretold the sue
cess of the SOcialiStiC ticket from top TO
bottom. He then made q new point.
when me have elected our men" he
said, then will come the tug of war.
Then the old tyrants, our longtime mas
ters, by any and every excuse and subter-
fuge, will try To keep us out of our rights.
They will exhaust the technicalities of the
law To prevent the seating of our men. |,
in this place, tell them to beware. lfthey
try to defraud us OF the election, rs they
have for so many years, We will rise In
our might. We will carry the fire, the
bullet, and the halter to the doors of the
palaces erected by plunder. We will show
them that we can use the weapons OF de-
struCtion to some purpOSe."
This was received with unbounded ap-
prOyal.
BOLD SOCIALISTS.
EmiSsaries from the SOcialistic head
quarters have had frequent communica-
ton with Mayor Harrison to-day, and
they now boldly assert that they can show
list of 4O, 900 pledged voters for the So
cialistic ticket. J. c. Gruenhut, the lead
ing light OF the Socialists and city en-
plOye under Mayor Harrison, says: Ills
tory is being made very fast just now.
You see, Chicago is n European colony.
The masses are day labOrers who do not
own their business. Three hundred firms
employ II. 900 wOrkmen within ten miles
Of the City Hall. II is distinctly capi
talistic city. Here the fight is to he made
between labor and capital. They aTe now
face To face, and the time has come. Har-
rison Is playing peculiar part. He was
never elected by Democrats. The
SOCIALISTS MADE HIM.
He has been honest enough to at least ac-
knowledge il. The tables have changed.
Socialists have their own ticket; Demo
crats are asked To get out OF the way. 1t
has been done, Democrats will now return
the compliments by voting the SOcialStic
ticket. This is the understanding. The
present holders of appoiutive offices will
not be disturbed. Ga Tuesday next all
the wheel horses of the Democracy will
vote our ticket, knowing they will share
the benefits. The campaign will cost them
nothing, aud their old enemies, the Repub-
licanS, will 20 down before the fusion
ticket Talk about the Irish, ! tell you
that Coercion bill Is
MAKING IRISHMEN INTOwH.D SOCIALISTS
every day. We will carry every Irishman
in Chicago. BY next Sunday the people
may become desperate for fear of the So
ciallsts. The citizens may rise up in u
day and compel all party lines to he drop
ped and demand union OF all citizens to
defeat the Socialists. Ii they become
alarmed at the commune they may do 1t.
This is contest between the American
commerce and capital. 1t is irresistible.